Chapter 16 - Chapter 16: There Are Only Two Reasons You Get Killed

📖 Chapter 16: There Are Only Two Reasons You Get Killed

(Author: 姐姐的新娘, Source: 69书吧)

🔤 Translation

Jiang Qiao was currently entangled with the most troublesome BOSS of this Abyss Hunt.

"The BOSS only has 5% HP left!"

He shouted to the nearby players.

The elite of the Annihilation Legion, clad in runic armor, now stood cracked and broken—revealing a body covered in glowing magical inscriptions.

"Damn humans!"

Airi, the BOSS, raised his master-bestowed inscribed longsword, trying to cast a powerful AoE spell—but was suddenly struck in the back by an anti-tank rocket.

The blast staggered him forward, and the burning pain on his back filled him with humiliation.

"Looks like the BOSS lost his super armor!"

"Is this a phase two trigger?"

The surrounding players' whispers filled Airi's ears.

His entire body was covered in gruesome wounds—burns, cuts, dents.

For nearly an hour, he had been fighting these strange… no, not human beings.

His longsword could barely harm them.

But what kept Airi going was—he could kill them.

Well, not exactly.

Sometimes when he slashed them down, they'd turn into gravestones.

But what did that even accomplish?

"Nice doc!"

"Healer! Anyone got a healer? I'm bleeding out!"

"One silver for a Resurrection Spell! Pay up and I'll heal you!"

Airi looked at the player he just killed—now a gravestone, its HP at zero.

Yet it was still… talking.

A priest-looking "human" dashed toward the grave.

Airi saw his chance—his inscribed sword lit with deep purple fire and slashed toward the priest.

But a shield-bearing warrior blocked the strike just in time.

"Oi! Over here, you bastard!"

The warrior taunted.

Enraged, Airi raised his sword and slammed it onto the shield.

The ground cracked under the warrior's feet from the force.

Airi then watched—helplessly—as the priest cast Resurrection and brought back the player he'd just killed.

Utter fury.

He slammed his sword onto the shield again.

Now it dented.

"Looks like the warrior's taunt worked!"

"He got one-shotted! This BOSS's damage is insane!"

Airi was miserable.

But so were the players—especially the mages like Jiang Qiao.

Because Airi ignored aggro mechanics and taunt skills.

He wasn't some dumb AI—he was a veteran warrior with real instincts.

And after an hour of fighting, Airi had learned the most important rule of boss fights:

Kill the healer first.

He focused all his rage on one specific priest—加奶不加价 (lit. "Healing Without Price Hikes").

He'd successfully killed her twice.

Airi thought this would finally stop their healing and resurrection spam.

But the problem?

There were other priests.

Worse yet, this special instance—Abyss Hunt—allowed corpse running.

Players could run back to their bodies and revive.

Airi watched in despair as the same warrior he just killed was resurrected again under the holy light of 加奶不加价.

He felt… emotionally numb.

"You all… must die!"

His mind slipped into madness.

He raised his inscribed longsword, now gathering intense purple flames for a final attack.

But he forgot one thing:

When the BOSS starts casting, it's time for players to go all-out.

Dozens of skills bombarded him at once.

Airi could no longer hold on.

He collapsed to one knee, the flames on his sword flickering out.

At this moment, all player attacks no longer did damage.

Jiang Qiao walked up to him.

Airi tried to stand, but his body was covered in:

Blade cuts

Bullet wounds

Bludgeon trauma

Burns

Bleeding

Curses

…and more

Even a Level 35 body couldn't withstand such a barrage.

[Annihilation Legion Vanguard – Airi | Abyssal Lord-Level BOSS | Level 35 | HP: 2 / 433,150]

Jiang Qiao saw the numbers clearly.

Airi looked up at Jiang Qiao's cold expression.

He suddenly began to laugh maniacally.

"What… are you people?"

Jiang Qiao answered calmly:

"Didn't I say already?

We're just a bunch of players clearing a dungeon."

Then, he raised his staff, mimicking a baseball swing—

Crack!

He slammed it right into Airi's face.

Jiang Qiao watched as Airi's front teeth flew out.

[You performed a basic attack with your staff on Annihilation Vanguard Airi – Critical Hit. Airi HP: -2]

With that final hit, Airi fell to the ground.

His vision faded, but the insane laughter remained.

"You cannot protect this fragile world…"

He spat blood.

As his body began to turn transparent, he added:

"You killed me for what? To protect it?"

Jiang Qiao knelt beside him and whispered:

"Protect it? No…"

"There are only two reasons we killed you—

One: You have a health bar.

Two: You drop epic and special loot."

"That's all the reason we need."

Health bar? Epic loot?

Airi couldn't understand.

And never would.

He turned to dust, his body vanishing into the wind.

(End of Chapter)